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RESULTS OF DAY 2[l|0 AT VAN DYKES WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19: Mr. Johnson Discusses Department Store Work Exceptional Opportunities For College Graduates in De partment Stores Today At Van Dj'ke’s, Tuesday morning, Mr. Jolinson, Assistant Buyer, made an interesting talk on the possibili ties open to eollege women in the department store field. By special request, he submitted his speech The Salemite for publication, a “It' you reach ‘the top’ in depart ment stores, you’ve got to climb. Is it worth the try ? Yes, it is. There are women today in this line of work—outstanding successes, I’ll ad mit—who are earning as high as $25,002.00 a year and some even more There are hundreds of them who earn from ^5,000 to $15,000 and still the demand is greater than the supply. “What, you ask, must I possess be a success in a department stor Eirst, there are four things that y must possess, and I’m sure after looking at this wonderful group of young women that everyone of you does, if you hope to succeed. They are; A high endowment of native in telligence; genuine executive capac ity; exceptional initiative, and physi cal stamina. For these requirements any progressive store^ is wdling to pay large rewards. The merchan dise business is growing by leaps and bounds, and to handle this ever- increasing business every store must have a strong organization. “Now, if I have these qualifica tions, what phase of the work should I tackle? Well, there are four main divisions of organization in every store. First, there Is merchandising, tihen management, then finance, and then publicity. Everyone of these are highly responsible positions and are accordingly very well paid. “The merchandising end has the responsibility of buying all the cliandise and then selling it t sufficient profit over and abovi costs. Now, suppose a college girl comes into the store as a saleslady ;ind right awav shows a flair for knowing what the public wants buy. She will immediately be given the position of department head, which is tbe next step up. She is then an understudy to the buyer or assistant buyer. When distinct ability has been shown in these sub (.rdinate places, she will then bt ready for a buyer’s position. Ir this department, the hours are long and the demands for industry alertness are constant. It is clear, then, that she must have certain defi nite characteristics. She must be qalck and adaptable, able to mix with all kinds of people and to ivi- press her personality upon them. 01 course, she must possess a disting uished taste in clothes, style and dash. “In the managing division, there are the operating, service and per sonnel departments. This division does the hiring and firing, promot ing and transferring of employees. It lias charge of delivery,^ adjust ments and mail orders. The girl with executive ability but with no gift for selling, may find her prop er niche in this department. “For the mathematically inclined girl, with a turn for figures, the finance department ofters excellent opportunities. This division has charge of the disbursement of all moneys, the recording of day-to-day facts concerning the income, ex penses and disbursements of the or ganization. “The last division has to do with the publicity. I read in the paper just a few days ago of a woman who was earning one hundred thousand dollars a year in the advertising business. Perhaps you like to and have done excellent work c eollege magazines. Then your chances are good as a copy writer (Continued on Page Three) Junior Glass Conducts Y.W.Vesper Service Attractive Program Presented By Juniors On Sunday Evening Tlie .Junior class had charge of the Vesper services Sunday evening. Elizabfth Allen, president of the , conducted the service. Eliza beth Ward read the Scripture lesson after which Mary Norris led in prayer. Blanche Phillips, Mary B. Williams, Mary Clark and Lucile Hassell sang “The I.ord Is in Holy Temple.” Adelaide Winston read (ieorge Eliot’s beautiful poem. May I Join the Choir In^ Jrace Martin closed the service with a talk on the truly Christian life. She said that really to be a Christ ian one must take one’s Christianity with one into all phases of life; to live so that others may feel the goodness in you, and may be inspired to be good likewi; NOTICE ! Papers and magazines from tlie high schools and colleges of North Carolina and Virginia are placed on a rack in the Salemite office every week. Ev erybody is invited to come to the office and read them at any time. (Please replace the pa pers in order after you have finished looking through them.) —The Editor. Miss Fries Tells Of Old Salem Sqare Interesting Talk on the Com munity Life and Customs of the Village Miss Adelaide I’ries, an alumna Salem College, was the speaker at Y. P. .M. October 2:5. She has don; much research work in eonnectioi with the beginnings of the Moravi SALEM STUDENT MAKES SPEECH” AT VAN DYKES At Van Dyke’s, Tuesday, Mr. Johnson, Assistant Buyer, asked Lu cile Hassell to be present at the reg ular meeting of the clerks that eve ning, and to make “a little talk to them from the customer’s point of Comforted somewhat by tlie thought that this meant only an informal interview with the seven or ight saleswomen and salesmen on lie second floor, she consented with omething akin to enthusiasm. Then, t six o’clock, she was seized with a sudden fright upon facing a va.st and dignified audience of about twenty- five or thirty people, seated in rows forming a semi-circle before her. However, having confessed to them the disconcerting eifect of a great multitude upon an inexperii speaker I.ucile felt much nior ease and proceeded with her tas She first congratulated the Dyke’s salespeople upon their ure to he oyer-insistent in making a sale, and upon their courtesy tows all customers—especially SaL girls. Then she talked for a i minutes about things which anr customers, .such as cffusivene marked deference to wealthy patrc and neglect of less pretentious cus mers; the inadvisability of sayii “Mrs. So-and-So boiiglit one 1 this last week.” SALEM ACADEMY ELECTIONS Several officers were elected in the Academy this week. They are: Pres ident of the Athletic Association, Dot Ryman; President of the Science Ciub, Betsv Arnifield; Head of Ves- , Charlotte Duffy; Fire Chief, Ruth Kreiter. .‘ommunity and so, in her speech about old Salem, she could be called an excellent authority on the facts which she gave. Miss Fries asked first that the dience imagine that they standing in the middle of Salem Square, and looking into the past. Old Salem was planned in such a I'ay that in the middle of a tract of 00,000 acres was the Square and around tliis was the community. The iportant buildings of the vil lage surrounded tlie Squar first house which built in Salem was not in the imme diate center of tlie village but about block north, on Main street. Thi.s house does not stand today, but tliere is a bronze place where it was built. The first which has lasted to the pres ent day, is the north half of the building on the west side of the re. This was erected in 1769. very typical of the early build At the time of its construc- it was intended for a Brothers’ e or a home for all the older and unmarried m ty. Many important industrial ities were centered there Tuesday at Van Dykes Successful For Salem Despite Unfavorable Weather Conditions, Returns Show Slight Excess of Profits In spite of an inconvenient lack of consideration on the Weather Man’s part—an annoying want of co-opera tion—many customers paddled forth Tuesday, and contributed their share to the success of Salem Day at Van Dykes. Some of the girls have recently learned of the effective methods used by the members of the Junior I.eagut ', and think that they could be much more proficient in salesman- ihip now than they were when they had the opportunity. If the Salem rls had been equipped with Rain Insurance and experience the results of their day at the store would hai been overwhelming. However, as IS the number of sales was quite atifying—over five thousand dol es’ worth! and tlie total net profit IS equally pleasing—two hundred d one dollars! Thus the agreed percentage on returns slightly ex ceeded Mr. Van Dyke’s most gen erous guarantee of tw'o hundred dol- The day was a success not in a pecuniary way alone; for all the College students obviously had most delightful time playing the rob of business women, modeling fash ionable clothes, and learning the •ks of the trade. Every employer I employee at Van Dykes aptly assumed the part of host or hostess and made the Salem girls feel per fectly at home, as if they were among old friends. Several members of the force even took some of the girls out to lunch a rare treat for confined collegians. Music Hour Features Second Opera Lecture Dean Vardell Continues With Dry Recitative, Accompan ied Recitative and Aria At music hour on Thursday after- loon, Dean Vardell gave the second of his talks on opera, continuing with the three elements of the opera—dry recitative, accompanied recitative. Recitative which lias n eal form. iple is musical dialogue strict measure or musi- recitative is the type. The accompani- Dry Early Risers Have Thrilling Ride Members of the Riding Club Set Forth at Early Hour Early Wednesday morning just Phoebus was sending forth his first . ,, sparkling rays on the chilly world. Hall today occupie.s the ^^^liant figures rode forth into place where the Community House Anderson’ stood. Just south of that was the Sisters House, which was erected m ^way, on building is I (jiscern that these stalwart fig- Miss Atkinson, Lucy Wool ment is meager and is generally C( posed of the harpsichord, violins and cellos which strike a few chords and the conversation ensues. This is quite easy to listen to and to under stand, since the orchestra is kept in the background and content of the conversation is less dramatic than that of the accompanied recitative. The area was similar in many ways to one of Hamlet’s soliloquies. At a time of repose, one of the charac ters would sing the emotional expres sion of what he had felt. Gluck said such things w'ere artificial and his works tore down tradition and made drama more paramount. Moz art wrote in this vein, and was pri marily a light opera writer. The light opera of his day was in no way related to that of today. In the main, opera was “opera seria,” .serious opera. This was classic mood and it was all that its name iplied. The atmosphere of tragedy ■rvaded. Between the acts of op- a seria, vaudeville interludes were yen which gradually grew into the opera buffa or light opera in which Mozart excelled. Although German by nature, he wrote some of the greatest Italian works. His best known operas are: “The Marriage of Figaro,” “The Magic P'lute,” and 'Don Giovanni.” The last mentioned s considered his best. This is tlie age-old story of Don Juan and deals with the complete undoing of this irresistible and at- e gentleman. Although Ital- form, Mozart shows himself a great dramatist. By a turn of the (Continued on Page Three) Students Vote On Statistics For 1930 Superlatives for This Year Are Elected by The Student Body On Friday of last week the fol lowing girls'were elected “Superla tives” by popular vote of the col lege students; Prettiest, Fritz Firey; Most Original, Lucile Hassell; Most Pop ular, VirginiaMartin; Most Athletic, Ruth Carter; Best All-around Sen ior, Fritz Firey; Best All-around Junior, Ruth' Carter; Best All- around Sophomore, Mary Mitchell Norman; Best All-around Freshman. I.yda Wonielsdorf; Most Intellectu al, Eloise Vaughn; Miss Salem, Vir ginia Martin. on the west side of the Squ! the southern corner of the block. Al though it has been renovated, the old walls are still standing. This build ing really formed the center of the community life in many ways for it was the village store. During liitionarv days many of the rebel received supplies through the help of the proprietor of this South Hall, which is on the east „ide of the Square, was the begin ning of the boarding school. At first only a day school but when girls from long distances asked t( be admitted, the real boarding school finally begun with four Moray- girls and four out-of-town girls. Reading, writing, arithmetic, geog- iphy, painting and music were taught along with some of the prac tical arts. On the nortU part of the square e building which is now the inus- im was at first a boarding school r boys. This, b success. The present college office building was erected in 1811 as a home for the Inspector of Salem —as the president of the col lege was then called. In closing. Miss Fries told about a very interesting letter which has recently been found, in which the first Inspector wrote to a friend June of 1791 and told him about President Washington’s visit in community and made the statei that Washington was fervent ir approval of the organization of Sa lem community. McAnally, Kitty Brown, Carrington Holman, and Thelma Stortz. It took these well-known horsewomen about an hour and half to jolt up a good appetite, after which they returned at 7::iO (figure up the hour of rising for yourself!) in time to eat bacon and toast in the eollege dining-room. This, the first Daybreak Horseback ride of the proclaimed by all who tended it to be the best so far. Junior Class Most Efficient This Week New Colors, Black and Gold, Adorn Sought-After Cup This week the Black and Gold re placed the Red and Black as em bellishment on the handle of the much sought-after Efficiency Cup. In other words, the Juniors had the highest standard in efficienc}' his week with a percentage of 62. in improvement of 38 per cent over their last week’s .score. The Fresh men were next with a pereerrtage of 471/). The Sophomores and Juniors followed with percentages of 46 and 13 respectively. The Juniors have redeemed them selves. It’s up to the Seniors and Sophomores to do the same! JVhose colors will fly on the Ef ficiency Cup next week? Salem Program To Be Broadcast Plans Have Been Completed For Broadcasting From Station W B T Salem is quite fortunate in having the opportunity to broadcast a pro- from station WBT at Char lotte, one of the strongest stations in the south. Plans for the broadcast ing have been underway for about a month; but no definite date was set until the past week when the girls to be heard em the first program went to Charlotte for an audition. All the sounded all right over the radio and the date for the broadcast .set for Wednesday, October 30, t seven-thirty to eight-thirty. Virginia Martin will take the girls to Charlotte to broadcast the follow ing numbers: “Luxemburg Garde'ns.” from Sketches of Paris, by Kathleen Ban ning, and “Bird of Love Divine,” by Wood—vocal solos by Annie Sue Sheets; “On Wings of Song,” Men delssohn, and “F'raskita,” a Spanish dance by I/char—Miss Hazel Horton Reid, violinist; “Calm as the Night,” Bohm, and “The Sun,” by Curran— sung by Miss Elizabeth Rondthaler; Grieg’s “Nocturne,” and John Ire land’s “Ragamuffin”—piano solos by Dorothy Tlumipson; “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” Lieurance, and “Li’F Jasmine Bud,” from Bayou Songs, by Lily Strickland—vocal solos by Millicent Ward; Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” played by Miss Read; “La Boheme,” by Puccini—sung by Wilhelmina Wohlford.